All of the best Oscar winning movies that won the Oscar for Best Picture. Currently, there are 92 movies that have won the highly coveted Best Picture Academy Award, and they are all here for you to vote and rank from best to worst. The annual Academy Awards ceremony brings the world together in celebration of the best films of the year, and this list of all the movies that have won the Best Picture Academy Award is here in celebration of decades of quality filmmaking.
With 92 years of votable film history behind us, there are plenty of classic movies vying for the honor of being called the greatest film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. From the movies that win critical acclaim across generational divides (The Godfather, Schindler's List), to the feel-good movies with great casts (Forrest Gump, The Artist), to controversial Best Picture Oscar winners (The Hurt Locker, Crash), this list of the films that won a Best Picture Oscar is here to separate the best movies of all time from the ones that were maybe the best of the year they won.
What is the best movie that ever won the Best Picture Oscar? What is the worst movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture? Vote on these Best Picture winners, and maybe you'll find out! If there's an Oscar winner for Best Picture that you didn't like, vote it down and let other moviegoers know it wasn't worthy of film's top honor.
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10,6433,491Forrest Gump
1994Actors: Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Brendan Shanahan
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic romantic-comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the... more on Wikipedia
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3,7232,002Actors: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, George Reeves
Directed by: Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from Margaret... more on Wikipedia3
3,5192,100Actors: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, James Caan
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford... more on Wikipedia4
2,6751,579Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Anjelica Huston, Brad Dourif
Directed by: Miloš Forman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a 1975 drama film written by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman... more on Wikipedia5
3,6702,205Schindler's List
1993Actors: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, Norbert Weisser
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical period drama, directed and co-produced by... more on Wikipedia6
3,3672,052Actors: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Chris Isaak, George A. Romero, Roger Corman
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American thriller film that blends elements of the crime... more on Wikipedia7
1,492869Unforgiven
1992Actors: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Richard Harris, Frances Fisher
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven is a 1992 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood with a... more on Wikipedia8
2,3041,456Casablanca
1942Actors: Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on... more on Wikipedia9
2,2481,388The Departed
2006Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
The Departed is a 2006 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, and a remake of... more on Wikipedia10
1,328782Actors: Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, André Morell
Directed by: David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 WWII epic film directed by David Lean, based on the... more on Wikipedia11
2,0501,325Actors: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies
Directed by: Robert Wise
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise... more on Wikipedia12
2,8291,894Actors: Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Directed by: Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy drama film directed by... more on Wikipedia13
2,4441,623Rocky
1976Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Joe Frazier, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen. A small-time boxer... more on Wikipedia14
1,356881The Sting
1973Actors: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan
Directed by: George Roy Hill
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by... more on Wikipedia15
1,380874Platoon
1986Actors: Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom... more on Wikipedia16
2,5451,581Gladiator
2000Actors: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Sheen, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Gladiator is a 2000 American-British epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott,... more on Wikipedia17
2,1931,476Braveheart
1995Actors: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Catherine McCormack
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical medieval war drama film directed by and starring Mel... more on Wikipedia18
1,5581,074Actors: Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, José Ferrer
Directed by: David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 British epic adventure drama film based on the life of T. E.... more on Wikipedia19
1,9521,352Actors: Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald
Directed by: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-western neo-noir thriller film directed by Joel... more on Wikipedia20
572144Parasite
2019Actors: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam
Directed by: Bong Joon-ho
Parasite is a 2019 South Korean dark comedy thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho. An... more on Wikipedia21
2,3841,699Titanic
1997Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, James Cameron, Bill Paxton
Directed by: James Cameron
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed by James Cameron. A... more on Wikipedia22
1,6841,159Rain Man
1988Actors: Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino, Bonnie Hunt, Barry Levinson
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Rain Man is a 1988 American drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow... more on Wikipedia23
1,4381,016Ben-Hur
1959Actors: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Hugh Griffith, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe
Directed by: William Wyler
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American epic historical drama film, directed by William Wyler, produced by... more on Wikipedia24
1,5491,050A Beautiful Mind
2001Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Russell Crowe, Ron Howard, Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer
Directed by: Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a... more on Wikipedia25
1,5211,045Actors: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Charles Rocket, Graham Greene, Maury Chaykin
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic western film directed, produced by, and starring... more on Wikipedia
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